Faucet-socket



(No Model.)

G. J. FOX & A. FOERSTER.

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GEORGE J. FOX AND ADAM FOERSTER, OF LANSING, MICHGAN.

FAUCET-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,891, dated October30, 3.888.

A pplieation filed June 6, 1887. Serial No. 240,494. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE J. Fox and ADAM FoERsTER, citizens of theUnited States, residing in the city of Lansing, Ingham county,iliichigan, have invented a new and useful Faucet-Socket, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements i nbushings for faucets for kegs, barrels, hogsheads, and the like of thatclass in which two or more parts are employed; and the novelty in thepresent instance resides in the lpeculiarities of construction and thecombinations, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fullyhereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhichy Figure l is a perspective view of the thimble of our improvedbushing. Fig. 2 is alike view ofthe wooden plug. Fig. 3 is a similarview of the nut. Fig. 4 is a top plan of the device complete, and Fig. 5is a erosssection ofthe same screwed into a barrel side.

Referring to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates aportion of the side of a barrel, into which is serewedthe thimble orbushing B, formed at iis inner end with an iuterior annular tiange, a,and at the other end with an annular shoulder, b, to limit the movementof the thimble into the barrel side. This thimble is preferably ofmetal, andis provided upon its interior, as weil as upon its exterior,with screw-threads, as shown. O

Vis a wooden hollow plug, the inner end of which is designed to restupon the iiange a of the thimble B, and vformed substantially near thecenter of its length with an annular shoulder, c, leaving the outerportion of the plug of less diameter, as shown. Dis anexteriorlythreaded nut fitting between the reduced portion of the plugand engaging the interior threads of the thimble B, as seen in Fig. 5.This nut is formed at its outer end with an inwardly extended flange, e,bearing on the shoulder c of the plug C.

Both the thimble B and nut D may be provided with holes d, if desired,for the reception of a suitable instrument by which they may be turned.

Importance is attached to the reduced portion of the Wooden pluginconnection with the inwardlyextcnded flange of the nut, for by thisconstruction the plug can always be kept hard up against the flange a ofthe bushing, thus guarding against leakage, and at the same time thewhole aperture through the socket is lined by the wooden plug. Thewooden plug is of less diameter than the aperture in the nut, to provideroom for swelling of the plug.

The combination, with the thimble having interior shoulder or flange, c,of the wooden plug O, resting at one end on said flange and at its otherformed with reduced portion and shoulder c, andthe nut D, insertedbetween the bushing and nut, screw-,threaded to engage the internalthreads ofthe bushing,and formed with inwardlyextended iiange e,engaging the shoulder c of the Wooden plug, substantially as shown anddescribed.

GEORGE J.. FOX. ADAM FOFRSDER.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. FREEMAN, JAMES W. HOPKINS.

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